A person with a low set-point eats a very rich meal. What normally happens next?
a. nausea
b. body temperature rises
c. the set point is raised for a day or two
d. body temperature falls
e. extreme sleepiness
Answer: b. body temperature rises
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a. In high-risk scenarios, we are motivated to help anyone. b. In low-risk scenarios, we are willing to help friends and relatives c. In all scenarios, we are unlikely to help someone not genetically related to us. d. In high-risk scenarios, we are more willing to help only our closest relatives.
__________ influences are irregular and do not follow a predictable timetable
A) Nonnormative B) History-graded C) Age-graded D) Bio-historical
According to Freud, __________ at any psychosexual stage will lead to problems in adult personality
a. excessive frustration b. overindulgence c. either of the above d. neither of the above
Arnie studies the phenomenon of school bullying. He purports that children are aggressive because it is a tendency that has survived through successive generations. Arnie is supporting the __________ theory of aggression.
A. evolutionary B. Freudian C. excitation transfer D. Gestalt